this Mystery how the Angel Gabriel saluted our Blessed Lady with the title of Full of Grace and declared unto her the Incarnation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Then say Our Father once Hail Mary ten times OVr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdome come thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Hail Mary full of Grace our Lord is with thee Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and in the hour of our death Amen The Prayer O Holy Mary Queen of Virgins by the most high Mystery of the Incarnation of thy beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ by which our salvation was so happily begun obtain for us by thy Intercession light to know this so great benefit which he hath bestowed upon us vouchsafing in it to make him our Brother and thee his own most beloved Mother our Mother also Amen The second Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this mystery how the blessed Virgin Mary understanding from the Angel that her Cousin St. Elizabeth had conceived went with hast into the Mountains of Judaea to visit her and remained with her three moneths The Prayer O Holy Virgin most spotless mirror of Humility by that exceeding Charity which moved thee to visit thy holy Cousin St. Elizabeth obtain for us by thy Intercession that our hearts may be so visited by thy most Holy Son that free from all sin we may praise him and give him thanks for ever Amen The third Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how the B. Virgin Mary when the time of her delivery was come brought forth our Redeemer Christ Jesus at midnight and laid him in a manger because there was no room for him in the Inns of Bethlem The Prayer O Most pure Mother of God by thy Virginal and most joyful delivery by which thou gavest unto the world thy only Son our Saviour we beseech thee obtain for us by thy Intercession grace to lead so pure and holy a life in this world that we may worthily sing without ceasing both day and night the mercies of thy Son and his benefits to us by thee Amen The fourth Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how the most B. Virgin Mary on the day of her Purification presented the child Jesus in the Temple where Holy Simeon giving thanks to God with great devotion received him into his armes The Prayer O Holy Virgin most admirable Mistris and pattern of obedience who didst present in the Temple the Lord of the Temple obtain for us by thy Intercession Grace of thy beloved Son that with Holy Simeon and devout Anna we may praise and glorifie him for ever Amen The fifth Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how the blessed Virgin Mary having lost without any fault of hers her Beloved Son in Jerusalem she sought him for the space of three dayes and at length found him the third day in the Temple in the midst of the Doctors disputing with them being of the age of twelve years The Prayer MOst blessed Virgin more then Martyr in thy suffering and yet the comfort of such as are afflicted by that unspeakable joy wherewith thy soul was ravished in finding thy beloved Son in the Temple in the midst of the Doctors disputing with them obtain him for us so to seek him and so to find him in the Holy Catholick Church that we may never be separated from him Amen Salve Regina HAil Holy Queen Mother of Mercy our life our sweetness and our hope To thee do we cry poor banished sons of Eve To thee do we send our sighs mourning and weeping in this valley of tears turn then Most gracious Advocate thy eyes of mercy toward us and after this our exile ended shew unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb Jesus O most Clement most Pious and most sweet Virgin Mary Vers. Pray for us holy Mother of God Resp That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ Let us pray HEar O merciful God the Prayer of thy servants that we who are met together in the society of the B. Virgin Mother of God by her intercession may by thee be delivered from the dangers that continually hang over us Amen The dolorous or sorrowful Mysteries for Tuesdayes and Frydayes through the year and Sundayes in Lent The first Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how our Lord Jesus was so afflicted for us in the Garden of Gethsemany that his Body was bathed in a bloody sweat which ran trickling down in great drops unto the ground Our Father Hail Mary as before The Prayer MOst holy Virgin more then Martyr by that ardent Prayer which thy beloved Son poured forth unto his Father in the Garden vouchsafe so to intercede for us that our passions reduced to the obedience of Reason we may alwayes and in all things conform and subject our selves to the Will of God Amen The second Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ was most cruelly scourged in Pilate's house the number of the stripes they gave him being above five thousand As was revealed to St. Brigit The Prayer O Mother of God ever flowing fountain of patience by those stripes thy only and most Beloved Son vouchsafed to suffer for us obtain of him for us grace that we may know how to mortifie our rebellious sences and cut off all occasions of sinning with that sword of grief and compassion which pierced thy most tender soul Amen The third Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mysterie how those cruel Ministers of Satan platted a Crown of sharp thorns and most cruelly planted it on the most Sacred Head of our Lord Jesus Christ The Prayer O Mother of our Eternal Prince and King of Glory by those sharp thorns wherewith his most holy head was pierced we beseech thee that by thy Intercession we may be delivered here from all motions of Pride and in the day of Judgement from that confusion which our sins deserve Amen The fourth Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ being sentenced to die bore with great patience the Cross which was laid upon upon him for his greater torment and ignominy The Prayer O Holy Virgin Example of patience by the most painful carrying of the Cross in which thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ bore the heavy weight of our sins obtain for us of him by thy intercession courage and strength to follow his steps and bear our Cross after him unto the end of our life Amen The fifth Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how
our Lord Jesus Christ being come to Mount Calvary was stripped off his Cloths and his hands and feet most cruelly nailed to the Cross in the presence of his most afflicted Mother The Prayer O Holy Mary Mother of God as the body of thy beloved Son was for us extended on the Cross so may our desires be daily more and more stretched out in his Service and our hearts wounded with compassion of his most bitter passion And thou O most B. Virgin vouchsafe to negotiate for and with us the work of our salvation by thy powerful Intercession Amen Hail holy Queen c. with the vers and prayer as above The Glorious Mysteries for Wednesdays and Saturdays through the year and Sundays after Faster until Advent LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ triumphing gloriously over death rose again the third day Immortal and Impassible Our Father Hail Mary as before The Prayer O Glorious Virgin Mary by that unspeakable joy thou receivedst in the Resurrection of thy only Son we beseech thee obtain of him for us that our hearts may never go away after the false joyes of this world but may be ever and wholly employed in the pursuit of the only true and solid joyes of heaven Amen The second Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mysterie how our Lord Jesus Christ forty dayes after his Resurrection ascended into heaven attended by Angels in the sight of his most Holy Mother his Holy Apostles and Disciples to the great admiration of them all The Prayer O Mother of God comfort the afflicted as thy beloved Son when he ascended into heaven lifted up his hands and blessed his Apostles so vouchsafe most holy Mother to lift up thy pure hands to him for us that we may enjoy the benefit of his Blessing and thine here on earth and hereafter in heaven Amen The third Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ being seated on the right hand of God sent as he had promised the Holy Ghost upon his Apostles who after he was ascended returning to Jerusalem continued in prayer and supplication with the B. Virgin Mary expecting the performance of his promise The Prayer O Sacred Virgin Tabernacle of the Holy Ghost we beseech thee obtain by thy intercession that this most sweet Comforter whom thy beloved Son sent down upon his Apostles filling them thereby with spiritual joy may teach us in this world the true way of Salvation and make us walk in the pathes of vertue and good works Amen The fourth Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mysterie how the glorious Virgin twelve years after the resurrection of her Son passed out of this world unto him and was by him assumed into Heaven accompanied by the Holy Angels The Prayer O Most Prudent Virgin who entring the Heavenly Palace didst fill the Holy Angels with joy and men with hope vouchsafe to intercede for us in the hour of our death that free from the illusions and temptations of the devil we may joyfully and securely pass out of this temporal state to enjoy the happiness of Eternal Life Amen The fifth Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mysterie how the glorious Virgin Mary who was with great Jubilee and exultation of the whole Court of Heaven and particular glory of all the Saints crowned by her Son with the brightest Diadem of Glory The Prayer O Glorious Queen of all the heavenly Citizens we beseech thee accept this Rosary which as a Crown of Roses we offer at thy feet and grant most glorious Lady that by thy Intercession our souls may be inflamed with so ardent a desire of seeing Thee so gloriously crowned that it may never dye in us until it shall be changed into the happy fruition of thy blessed sight Amen Advertisement concerning the Arch-Confraternity of Saint Francis Honour is to be given to those to whom it is due Therefore let the Reader be pleased to understand that this Treatise is collected out of the great Manuel of Father Angelus Francis Professor of Divinity of the Seraphical Order of St. Francis my dear and most honoured Friend THE ARCH-CONFRATERNITY Of the Seraphical Father St. FRANCIS Called The Cord of the Passion The Original of this Arch-Confraternity AS in all things our holy Father St. Francis hath born the figure and sign of Christ crucified thereby to reduce unto his memory the Passion of our Saviour Even so he hath done it in his exterior habit as may be seen in the 3. Chap. of his Life written by St. Bonavent where it is related that he having heard the words of our Saviour Mat. 10 to his Apostles going to preach Do not possess gold or silver nor money in your purses nor a scrip for the way neither two coats neither shooes c. he cryed out with great joy This is that I desire this I covet earnestly from the bowels of my heart And thereupon presently cast off his shooes from his feet laid away his staff cast away his purse and detesting money was content with one thin coat or tunick made in the form of a Cross which he girded with a Cord. Then St. Dominick Founder of the holy Order of Preachers who was a great friend and very familiar with St. Francis one day after much spiritual discourse concerning their holy Orders he demanded of him the girdle which he did wear which after many humble denial he obtained and ever after did wear with great reverence under his habit by whose example each one did prosecute it with great devotion And truly such was the Vertue and Holiness of the Partriark St. Francis that all the people did flock to him of all qualities sex conditions ages men and women Clergy and Layetie married and single noble and poor Citizens and Pesants they did forsake the Towns Husbands left their Wives the Wives their Husbands and houses were depopulated through devotion they did bear to the Saint each one striving to get something that the holy man had touched One would say that these assemblies were like to that of the Christians in the Acts of the Apostles Ch. 19. who brought from St. Pauls body napkins or handkerchiefs laid upon the sick and the diseases departed from them and the wicked spirits went out The words in the Latin Text are sudaria semicinctia which as the Reverend Father Cornelius a lapide saith in his learned Commentaries on this place may very well signifie small or sirait girdles or half girdles which he proves out of Isidore lib. 19. whereby we may gather that it is no new thing to take the girdles of Saints and holy men out of devotion neither is it done without profit both spiritual and temporal as is to be seen in the life of our holy Father Saint Francis where amongst other Miracles Saint Bonaventure recounts one of a certain man religious and searing God who having a Cord wherewith the Saint
nos inducas in tentationem Sed libera nos a malo Oremus DOmine Jesu Christe qui pro salute humani generis quinque vulnera pati voluisti tribue qua sumus ut ob reverentiam illorum vulnerum tuoorum absolvi mereamur ab omnibus peccatis nostris da praesentem vitam bono fine terminari a tuae dulcissimae visionis contemplatione nunquam sepaparari Oremus DEus qui manus tuas pedes tuos totum corpus tuum pro nobis peccatoribus in ligno crucis posuisti coronam spineam a Judaeis in despectum tui sacratissimi nominis super caput tuum impositam sustinuisti quinque vulnera pro nobis peccatoribus in ligno crucis passus fuisti da nobis hodie quotidie usum poenitentiae abstinentiae patientiae humilitatis castitatis lumen sensum intellectum puram conscientiam usque in finem Per te Jesu Christe Salvator mundi Qui cum Patre Spiritu sancto vivis regnas Deus Per omnia saecula saeculorum Amen We have here added the Profession of our Faith which is often to be read to confirm our selves in the belief of the holy Church to exercise and increase our Faith and obtain the effect of our Prayers the impetration thereof being attributed to Faith A PROFESSION OF THE Catholick Faith Set out according to the Decrees of the holy Council of Trent IAB Do with a stead fast Faith Believe and Profess all and every Point contained in the Symbol of the Faith that the holy Roman Church doth use to wit I do believe in one God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth of all things both visible and invisible And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God and born of the Father before all Worlds God of God Light of Light true God of true God begotten and not made of the same substance with the Father by whom all things were made who for us men and for our salvation came down from Heaven and was Incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary and was made man was crucisied also for us under Pontius Pilate suffered and was buried and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures and ascended up to Heaven sitteth at the right hand of the Father and he shall come again with Glory to judge the quick and the dead of whose Kingdom there shall be no end And in the Holy Ghost our Lord and giver of Life who proceedeth from the Father and the Son who with the Father and the Son together is adored and conglorified who spake by the Prophets And in one holy Catholick and Apostolick Church I profess one Baptism for the remission of sins And I expect the Resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come Amen I do steadfastly admit and embrace the Traditions of the Apostles and of the Church and all other Observations and Constitutions of the same Church I do also admit the holy Scriptures according to that sense which our holy Mother the Catholick Church hath held and doth hold to whom it appertaineth to judge of the true sense and interpretation of the holy Scriptures neither will I ever understand nor interpret the same otherwise then according to the uniform consent of the Fathers I do also profess that there be truly and properly seven Sacraments of the new Law instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord and necessary for the salvation of mankind although all be not necessary for every one to wit Baptism Confirmation Extream Vnction Order and Matrimony and these Sacraments do give Grace and that of them Baptism Confirmation and Order cannot be reiterated without Sacriledge I do also receive and admit all the received and approved Ceremonies of the Catholick Church in the solemn administration of all the aforesaid Sacraments I do receive and embrace all and every of the things which in the holy Council of Trent have been defined and declared touching Original sin and Justification I do profess also that in the Mass is offered up to God a true proper and propitiatory Sacrifice for the living and dead and that in the most holy Sacrament of the Altar there is truly really and substantially the body and blood together with the Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ And that there is made a Conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the Body and of the whole substance of the wine into the Blood which Conversion the holy Church calls Transubstantiation I do also confess that under either form only is received Christ whole and entire and the true Sacrament I do constantly hold that there is Purgatory and that the Souls which be there detained are holpen by Prayers of the Faithful Also that the Saints who raign together with Christ are to be honored and called upon and that they offer up prayers to God for us and that their Reliques are to be reverenced and honoured I do most steadfastly affirm that the Images of Christ of the Mother of God always Virgin and of all Saints are to be had and retained and that due honor and reverence is to be given them I affirm that the authority of Indulgences was left by Christ in the Church and that the use of them is very behoofeful for Christian People I do acknowledge the holy Catholick and Apostolick Roman Church to be the Mother and Mistriss of all Churches And I do promise and swear true obedience to the Bishop of Rome who is the Successor of St. Peter Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Jesus Christ And all other things also defined and declared by the holy Canons and Oecumenical Councils and chiefly by the holy Council of Trent I do undoubtedly receive and profess And also all contrary things and whatsoever Heresies condemned and accursed by the Church I likewise do condemn reject and accurse This true Catholick Faith without which no man can be saved now I willingly and truly hold the same A. B. do promise and swear to hold and confess most constantly by God his help entire and uncorrupted even to the last end of my life So God help me and the holy Gospels of God Amen Anglia chara Deo Felix Sancta fuisti Sis modo qualis eras sic pia vota petunt FINIS
HEAVEN OPENED And the Pains of Purgatory AVOIDED BY THE Very great Indulgences Of the two most Illustrious Arch-Confraternities The One Of our Blessed Lady called the ROSARY And the Other Of the Seraphical Father St. FRANCIS called The Cord of the Passion Printed in the Year 1663. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND MOST REVEREND THE LORD Walter Mountague Great Almoner to the QUEEN Mother And Abbot of St. Martin and Nantheüil in France MY LORD THis little Treatise is due to your Lordship and to none else For it containeth wonderful Priviledges and easie Obligations of Two not onely the most Noble and Excellent but likewise the most Profitable Arch-Confraternities that have ever been in Gods Church viz. The Arch-Confraternity of our Blessed Lady called the Rosary and the Arch-Confraternity of our Seraphical Father Saint Francis Though the whole Church of Somerset-house and the Riches and Ornaments which raise its Splendor publish to the World the Queen Mothers great Piety Yet notwithstanding the Chappel of the holy Rosary is in some sort Yours by a special Grant from Her Majesty It seemes there was an Holy strife between Her Royal Zeal and Your excellent Fervor concerning the Decoration of that most Sacred Place And after so Vertuous a Contest the Queens Humility suffered it self to be overcome by Your Fervour condescending that Your Pious Devotion to our Blessed Lady should cause You even in your absence to adorn and enrich that August Chappel at Your proper Cost Now for us Capucins since we have the Honor to wear the holy Weed of St. Francis to profess his Rule and to be his Children and You my Lord as Her Majesties Great Almoner being our Superiour You are likewise Superiour of the Arch-Confraternity of our Seraphical Father This little Book therefore being in so many respects due to You it would be an act of Injustice to offer it to any other To avoid which I here present it to Your Lordship and with it the hearty services respects and submissions of all the Capucins and particularly of My LORD Your most humble and obedient Servant F. Cyprien Capucin Chaplaine to the Queen Mother THE PREFACE THe Queen Mothers Extraordinary Piety having once more settled the Noble Church of Somerset-House hath also given way to the re-settling of the most Illustrious Arch-Confraternity of our Blessed Lady commonly called the Rosary in which about Thirty years ago She was at her own desire Enrolled her humility being such that She vouchsafed to be called a Sister of the same But this is not sufficient it is moreover requisite that the wonderful Priviledges and easie Obligations of that holy Arch-confraternity should be made known I being resolved therefore to set them forth happily met with a Book concerning that matter written and published by a Pious and Learned Priest of the Order of St. Bennet out of which I have collected what was necessary for our purpose and disposed it as followeth HEAVEN OPENED And the Pains of Purgatory AVOIDED c. The Eminency and Holiness of our Blessed Lady THe Perfections Attributes Priviledges and Prerogatives of our Blessed Lady are such and so great that it is impossible for any one in this world I will not say to express but even to comprehend them Nevertheless that we may conceive something thereof let us consider 1. That She was Appointed Designed and Predestinated by the Holy Trinity from all Eternity to be the Worthy Mother of the Word Incarnate 2. That her Birth was not only praefigured promised and prophesied of but foretold also by an Angel appearing to her sterile Parents immediately before her Conception 3. That being born free from all sin she led a life so full of Sanctity so singular in all Purity so excellent in all Perfections that she deserved saith St. Augustine through Her Creators Mercy to be chosen the Mother of Gods Son 4. That she was a Mother yet remaining a Virgin even the Mother of God which is an Attribute alone containing whatsoever is Great Glorious and Excellent St. Gregory Neocesariensis in his second Sermon of the Anuntiation saith That the sense of this only Word Gods Mother exceeds all other Encomiums which Men or Angels can confer upon Her Being Gods Mother She is United to a term of an Infinite perfection and in a certain manner Elevated to a Divine Order saith St. Thomas par 1. qu. 25. art 6. ad 4. Saint Chrysostome in his Sermon of the Blessed Virgin calleth her the Miracle and the Miracle of Miracles And Saint John Damascen in his first Oration of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin an Abysse of Miracles The Christians Devotion to our Blessed Lady THe Devotion of all faithful Christians towards the Holy Virgin Mary is as Antient as our Faith and Christianity it self She being Constituted our Mother by the bequest of her Blessed Son when on the Cross he uttered these words to St. John and in his person to all Christians Son behold thy Mother whereupon St. Bernard saith If Mary be thy Mother O Christian then is Jesus thy Brother then Christs Father is thy Father then his Heaven is thy Inheritance then Maries Grace is thy Treasure for Mothers usually lay up treasures for their Children then she is sensible of all thy sufferings solicitous to supply thy wants and careful to provide for thy necessities for a Mother is tender over her Children therefore O Christian make choice of Mary for thy Mother I well know saith the antient Father Theophylact that thou O most glorious Queen Mother art the great Protectrix of mankind and who is he that having placed his confidence in thee hath remained confounded Let us therefore to her make our humble addresses in all our necessities since she is so powerful to assist us so merciful to admit us and so ready to relieve us O Beatissima saith S. Anselm Arch-Bp of Cant. sicut omnis à te aversus à te de spectus necesse est ut intereat ita omnis ad te conversus à te respectus impossibile est ut pereat As he O most blessed Mary must needs perish who turneth his back to thee and whom thou rejectest from thy favours so it is impossible that he should perish that is zealous of thy honour and whom thou vouchsafest to behold and countenance I hold saith Origen as an assured verity that the Virgin Mary will never abandon that person that implores her assistance in the time of his necessity for she is full of goodness full of mercy and full of grace and therefore cannot refuse to compassionate him that calleth upon her The Practise of the Rosary is an excellent Devotion to our Blessed Lady IF we consider the holy Rosary Prerogatives we shall find that it far exceeds all other sorts of devotion of this nature Though every zealous Christian may so duly diligently and with such perseverance practise his devotions in his own private Oratory as to arrive at the perfection of vertue and the
salubriter perseveret à peccatorum suorum funibus solutus vel soluta tuis cum effectu semper obsequiis ligatum vel ligatam se esse cognoscat Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Here the Cord is to be sprinkled with Holy-water and then the party that receives it is to be girded therewith the Priest saying as followeth ACcipe cingulum istud paratus vel parata esto alligari mori pro Domino nostro Jesu Christo qui praecingat lumbos mentis tuae cingulo puritatis ut permaneat in te virtus continentiae eastitatis Deo semper in omnibus obedias Amen The Priest is to say this following prayer upon the party that hath received the Cord. Oremus DEus qui Beato Petro Apostolo tuo praedixisti in senectute sua per alium fore cingendum famulum tuum quem ve famulam tuam quam cingulo nostrae fraternitatis praecinximus tua quaesumus chorda salutari cor ejus Christiana praecinge disciplina ut tui opitulante gratia solut us liberatus vel soluta liberata à vitiis tuoque vinctus vel vincta servitio in statu devotionis usque in finem jugiter perseveret Qui vivis regnas in saecula saeculorum Amen Benediction is to be given to him or her that takes the Cord. BEnedictio Sanctissimae Trinitatis Patris Filii Spiritus sancti descendat super te ut sicut chorda corpus tuum circumdas ita animam fide Jesu Christi bonis operibus decores quatenus suam gratiam in hoc saeculo in futuro gloriam habeas aeternam Amen Litanies of the Passion of our Saviour O all ye that pass by the way stay a while and see if there be any dolour like to that of mine They pierced my hands and feet displaced and numbred all my bones from the sole of my feet to the Crown of my head there is no health in me Chap. 1. Hier. Isa Psalm 21. LOrd have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Christ Jesu hear us God the Father which art in Heaven have mercy upon us O Jesus Christ Son of the Father Redeemer of the world and our gracious God have mercy upon us O holy Ghost which art our God have mercy upon us O holy Trinity one onely God have mercy upon us Jesu who diddest wash the feet of thy Apostles have mercy upon us Jesu who wast sold for thirty pence have mercy upon us Jesu who hast given thy precious body and blood unto us have mercy upon us Jesu who prayedst three times in the Garden have mercy upon us Jesu who diddest sweat water and blood have mercy upon us Jesu who was kist by Judas have mercy upon us Jesu who wast taken and bound by the wicked Jews have mercy upon us Jesu who wast presented to Annas and Caiphas have mercy upon us Jesu who wast buffetted by a vile servant have mercy upon us Jesu who wast falsly accused have mercy upon us Jesu who wast three times denied of thy servant Peter have mercy upon us Jesu who wast delivered up to Pilate have mercy upon us Jesu who wast examined by the Judge have mercy upon us Jesu who wast found most innocent have mercy upon us Jesu who wast led to Herod have mercy upon us Jesu who wast despised of Herod and his company have mercy upon us Jesu who wast cloathed like a fool in a white garment have mercy upon us Jesu who wast less esteemed than the murtherer Barrabas have mercy upon us Jesu who wast bound naked to the pillar have mercy upon us Jesu who wast cruelly whipt with rods and scourges have mercy upon us Jesu who wast all over goared with wounds have mercy upon us Jesu whose precious blood was spilt upon the ground have mercy upon us Jesu whose sacred face was covered with spittings have mercy upon us Jesu who wast cloathed with purple and mocked by the Jews have mercy upon us Jesu who wast crowned with thorns have mercy upon us Jesu who carriedst a Reed instead of a Scepter have mercy upon us Jesu whose sacred eyes were blind-folded have mercy upon us Jesu whose face was stroken have mercy upon us Jesu who wast by Pilate shewn to the people have mercy upon us Jesu against whom they cry out Crucifie him Crucifie him have mercy upon us Jesu who for us was condemned to death have mercy upon us Jesu who wast falsly judged have mercy upon us Jesu who was delivered unto the hands of the common people have mercy upon us Jesus who wast loaden with the heavy Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who with the weight thereof wast prest even to the ground have mercy upon us Jesu who wast stripped upon Mount Calvary have mercy upon us Jesu who wast stretcht out with cords upon the Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who wast nailed to the Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who wast lifted up together with the Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who wast accompanied with two theeves upon the Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who wast blasphemed by those that passed by have mercy upon us Jesu who prayedst for thine enemies have mercy upon us Jesu who gavest heaven unto the Thief have mercy upon us Jesu who gavest thy B. Mother into the custody of St. John have mercy upon us Jesu who wast forsaken of thy Father have mercy upon us Jesu who diddest drink vinegar and gall have mercy upon us Jesu who saidst All is consummated have mercy upon us Jesu who dying bowedst down thy holy head have mercy upon us Jesu whose sacred side was pierced with a Lance have mercy upon us Jesu who did dest shed water and blood from thy bleeding wound have mercy upon us Jesu who wast taken from the Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who diddest lye dead in the lappe of thy Mother have mercy upon us Jesu who hast wrapped in a winding sheet have mercy upon us Jesu who wast laid in the Sepulchre have mercy upon us Jesu who by thy death hath saved the world have mercy upon us Jesu who by thy precious blood hast redeemed us have mercy upon us Jesu be propicious unto us Jesu pardon us From all evil both corporal and spiritual sweet Jesus deliver us From thy anger and wrath Sweet Jesu deliver us From sudden death Sweet Jesu deliver us From Plague Warre and Famine Sweet Jesu deliver us From all errors and Heresies Sweet Jesu deliver us From the sleights and temptations of the Devil Sweet Jesu deliver us From evil will Sweet Jesu deliver us From all impatience Sweet Jesu deliver us From all excess and riot Sweet Jesu deliver us From eternal death Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy prayers and agony Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy bloody sweat Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy captivity Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy bands and cords Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy buffets
spittings and mockings Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy whips and scourges Sweet Jesus deliver us By thy Crown of thorns Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy holy Cross Sweet Jesu deliver us By the nails and hammers Sweet Jesu deliver us By the spunge and spear Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy five wounds Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy precious blood Sweet Jesu deliver us At the hour of death Sweet Jesu deliver me We sinners Do beseech thee to hear us That thou vouchsafe to bring us to true penance We beseech thee to hear us That thou pardon us We beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt be pleased to cleanse our souls with thy precious blood We beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt be pleased to defend and exalt thy holy Church We beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt vouchsafe to preserve our holy Father the Pope and all the Prelates of the holy Church We beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt be pleased to maintain the Emperour the Christian Kings and Princes in the zeal of the holy Catholick Apostolick and Roman faith We beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt vouchsafe to preserve thy people redeemed with thy precious blood from the infection of Heresie We beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt be pleased to protect the Church from the fury of Turks and tyranny of Hereticks We beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt vouchsafe to give victory to the Catholick Armie We beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt be pleased to confirm thy Christian People in peace and union under the obedience of their temporal and spiritual Superiours We beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt vouchsafe to conserve the fruits of the earth We beseech thee to hear us That thou will be pleased to deliver the souls of our parents and friends out of Purgatory We beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt vouchsafe not to permit thy precious blood to be shed in vain we beseech thee to hear us That thou wilt be pleased to give unto us all that which is most fitting for us both for soul and body we beseech thee to hear us O sweet Iesu hear us Jesu Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the word Pardon us Jesu hear us Vers We adore and bless thee O Jesu Resp Who hast redeemed the world by the holy Cross A Prayer O Lord God we humbly beseech thee to cast thine eye upon this thy family for which our Lord Jesus Christ hath not feared to be delivered into the hands of the wicked and to suffer the torment of the Cross O most merciful Father we give thee thanks for that thou hast not spared thy only begotten and well-beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ but hast delivered him up to a shameful death for our offences to the end that thereby we might be freed from eternal death Grant O good God that we may acknowledge this benefit as we ought and that by Faith Hope and Charity we may be made participant thereof Through Jesus Christ thy Son Amen O most bountiful Saviour Jesus Christ who with so precious a Jewel hast so superabundantly satisfied for our sins we beseech thee by vertue of thy holy death and Passion that thou wilt defend us from the snares of the Devil and allurements of sin O thou who dyedst for mankinde and livest and raignest with God the Father in unity of the holy Ghost for ever Amen O blessed Jesus who for the redemption of the world wouldst patiently suffer injuries contempts contumelies pains dolours afflictions loss of thy precious blood and a cruel death We beseech thee by vertue of all these thy sufferings which thou hast willingly endured for our sins that thou wilt deliver us from all the perils of this world and pains of the world to come Amen Jaculatory Prayers of the Passion to be said at every hour 1. MY good Jesus in acknowledgement of what thou hast done and suffered for me in this hour I offer unto thee my heart and my soul Be thou blessed of all Creatures 2. O blessed Saviour give me the Grace not to offend thee in this hour And I am sorry for having displeased thee hitherto 3. Grant me grace good Jesu to endure in this hour something for thy sake 4. I offer unto thee O my Saviour all that I shall do at this hour in the union of thy holy Passion 5. Jesu Saviour of the world be merciful unto me at the hour of my death LITANIAE PASSIONIS Latinae cantandae in Processione quae fit Dominica secunda cujuslibet mensis HUmiliavit semetipsum Dominus noster Jesus Christus factus obediens usque ad mortem mortem autem Crucis propter quod Deus exaltavit illum dedit illi nomen quod est super omne nomen ut in nomine Jesu omne genu-flectatur coelestium terrestrium infernorum omnis lingua confiteatur quia Dominus noster Jesus Christus in gloria est Dei Patris KYrie eleison Christe eleison Kyrie eleison Christe eleison Kyrie eleison Christe eleison Kyrie eleison Christe eleison Christe audi nos Christe exaudi nos Pater de coelis Deus miserere Fili Redemptor mundi Deus mis nobis Spiritus sancte Deus mis Sancta Trinitas unus Deus mis Jesu Christe qui diversis opprobriis illusus fuisti mis Jesu Christe qui Pilato traditus fuisti mis Jesu Christe qui ad columnam ligatus usque ad sanguinem verberatus fuisti mis Jesu Christe qui a militibus veste purpurea indutus fuisti mis nobis Jesu Christe qui spinis durissimis coronatus fuisti mis Jesu Christe qui verbum durissimum Tolle tolle crucifige saepius audivisti mis Jesu Christe qui dulcissimum lignum crucis fessus oneratus sustinuisti misere nobis Jesu Christe qui in cruce levatus cum latronibus associatus fuisti mis Jesu Christe qui manibus pedibus fixis in cruce a praetereuntibus blasphematus fuisti mis Jesu Christe qui speciosam faciem tuam quasi leprosam habuisti mis Jesu Christe qui pro crucifixoribus orasti ad Patrem latronem in cruce exaudisti mis Jesu Christe qui Mariam matrem tuam dulcissimam Joanni commendasti mis Jesu Christe qui lancea perforatus fuisti proprio sanguine mundum redemisti mis Jesu Christe qui in monumento sepultus fuisti mis Jesu Christe qui tertia die a mortuis resurrexisti mis Jesu Christe qui quadragesima die in coelum ascendisti mis Jesu Christe qui sedes ad dexteram Patris mis Jesu Christe qui venturus es judicare vivos mortuos mis Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi parce nobis Domine Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi exaudi nos Domine Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere nobis Kyrie eleison Christe eleison Kyrie eleison Pater noster c. 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